International Heliophysical Year (IHY 2007)

Introduction

In 1957, in a display of unprecedented international cooperation, more than 66.000 scientists and engineers from 67 nations participated in the International Geophysical Year (IGY1957). Fifty years on, the International Heliophysical Year (IHY 2007) again drew scientists and engineers from around the globe in a coordinated observation campaign of the heliosphere and its effects on planet Earth.

Drawing on nearly fifteen years of workshops on basic space science for the benefit of scientists and engineers from developing nations, the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, through the United Nations Basic Space Science Initiative (BSSI), assisted scientists and engineers from all over the world in participating in the preparations for IHY 2007.

Second UN/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year and Basic Space Science
27 November - 1 December 2006, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India

Third UN/ESA/NASA Workshop on Basic Space Science and the International Heliophysical Year 2007
18-22 June 2007, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Hosted by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, on behalf of the Government of JapanCo-sponsored by European Space Agency (ESA)and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)The Workshop focused on assisting scientists and engineers from all over the world in undertaking research and education in basic space science and participating in the International Heliophysical Year 2007

IHY 2007: An Update on Planning and Implementation, 44th session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 12 to 23 February 2007, Dr. Joseph Davila (NASA, on behalf of IHY Secretariat)